Mainland boys lacrosse looks to turn things around in 2022
LINWOOD – The Mainland boys lacrosse team will be looking to turn the page from a losing 2021 campaign with a group of young players that features 10 juniors and eight sophomores. The Mustangs lost their final three games last year to fall under .500, including to rival Ocean City in the regular-season finale and […]
Mustang baseball lost its ace, not expectations
Petty gone, but coach expects to get production from multiple pitchers LINWOOD – Life without Chase Petty will be a new adventure for the Mainland Mustangs but coach Billy Kern said expectations will not change for the squad going into the 2022 baseball season. Petty, the all-state pitcher with the 100-mph fastball and arguably the […]
Ocean City Red Raiders ready to pursue another state title
After championship season, baseball team younger, but has strong pitching OCEAN CITY – The Ocean City High School baseball team made it to the mountaintop last season, outlasting Pascack Valley through 14 innings on a brutally hot Sunday afternoon in June to win the Group III state championship. In the gray chill of March, the […]
Mainland JV ice hockey wins title
Boys team is undefeated in championship season The Mainland junior varsity boys went undefeated, winning the South Jersey High School Hockey League championship 9-1 over Riverfront on March 6 at the Flyers Skate Zone in Atlantic City. Mainland scored 2 goals in the first period, 3 goals in the second and 4 in the third. […]
NFL Flag Clinic Saturday in Marmora
MARMORA – A free NFL Flag Clinic will be noon to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, March 19, at Trinity UMC Fields, located at 20 N. Shore Road in Marmora. This clinic is open to boys and girls age 5-14. All experience levels are welcome. Join American Football United for a free NFL Flag Football Skills & […]
Mustangs wrap one of best seasons ever
Girls basketball team won SJ title, CAL title, finished as state runner-up TOMS RIVER – The Mainland Regional High School girls basketball team wrapped up its second best season ever Sunday afternoon. After being the first team in school history to win a South Jersey sectional title and the Cape-Atlantic League crown in the same […]
Ocean City school board has special meeting on girls basketball team
Parents criticize process, district for not supporting their daughters; others support coach, his methods, defend investigation OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City Board of Education held a special meeting Thursday afternoon as more people weighed in about the head girls basketball coach’s alleged mistreatment of his players, but after hearing a half-hour of public comments […]
Red Raider wrestlers compete at state tournament
ATLANTIC CITY — Cape May County wrestlers turned in their strongest performance in recent years during the State High School Wrestling Championships on March 3-5 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Lower Cape May Regional High School’s Brock Zurawski (165 pounds) placed eighth and Marcus Hebron (215) sixth among 32 competitors in their weight divisions. […]
Red Raider girls bow out in basketball semifinals
OCEAN CITY — The Red Raider girls basketball team made quick work of the Highland Tartans on March 1 in the first round of the NJSIAA South Jersey Group III tournament and followed that with a victory over No. 6 seed Moorestown Thursday in the quarterfinals. The Ocean City High School girls’ run in the tournament […]
Young Ocean City, Mainland boys teams wrap seasons
OCEAN CITY — The Red Raiders jumped out to a big first-quarter lead against Hammonton in the first round of the NJSIAA South Jersey Group III playoffs March 1, then held off the Blue Devils the rest of the way. Ocean City won 61-46 with the help of 21 points from Dylan Schlatter. On Thursday, […]